von

[ von; German fawn, unstressed fuhn ]

preposition

1. from; of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):

   Paul von Hindenburg.

Example Sentences

“Arguments about the minimum wage are always very emotional,” said Till von Wachter, an economics professor at UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times

To illustrate her point, she gestures at the risque back cover of her memoir, a nude photo taken decades ago by Ellen von Unwerth, and then the comparatively fresh-face image on the front of the book.

From Los Angeles Times

"Epigenetics tells a cell what kind of cell it is and what it should do," says Laura Hinte, a doctoral student in the group led by Ferdinand von Meyenn, Professor of Nutrition and Metabolic Epigenetics.

From Science Daily

The researchers led by the two and their colleague Daniel Castellano Castillo, a former postdoc in von Meyenn's group, looked for the molecular causes of the yo-yo effect in mice.

From Science Daily

Von Meyenn adds: "It's precisely because of this memory effect that it's so important to avoid being overweight in the first place. Because that's the simplest way to combat the yo-yo phenomenon."

From Science Daily